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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 61

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Roman Empire

Visitors tour the interior of the Pantheon's dome in Rome, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The structure was built under Roman Emperor Augustus between 27-25 BC to celebrate all gods worshipped in ancient Rome and rebuilt under Emperor Hadrian between 118 and 128 A.D. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
October 4, 2023, 6:16 am
Defying the ages: Scientists try to explain how ancient buildings are still standing
Reverse-engineering pinpoints materials and techniques used by Romans, Mayans and Chinese; the research could help contemporary architecture to endure
By Maddie Burakoff
People walk in the excavation site of the ancient Roman emperor Nero's theater, 1st century AD, backdropped by the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, during a press preview, in Rome, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
July 28, 2023, 6:21 pm
Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered near Vatican
Officials say findings under site of future hotel provide a rare look at Roman history over the centuries
By Nicole Winfield
The “Grande Ludovisi” sarcophagus, with a battle scene between Roman soldiers and Germans, in a marble sarcophagus from 251/252 CE. (Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Altemps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 1, 2023, 3:31 am
Roman army may have included kosher-observant Jews 2,000 years ago, study finds
High numbers of Jews likely served in the legions that brought down Jerusalem and could have constituted even up to 15% of the vast empire’s army
By Melanie Lidman
The Colchester Vase depicting a gladitorial battle circa 2nd century CE. (Wikimedia/Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0)
March 5, 2023, 3:41 pm
Ancient Roman vase is 1st evidence of gladiator battles on English soil
New analysis of artifact from late 2nd century, discovered in Colchester in 1853, depicts duel between fighters Memnon and Valentinus
By Ash Obel
A girl jumps from Caesarea's old aqueduct in the Mediterranean Sea near the port of Caesarea, Israel, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 12, 2023, 9:17 pm
Still standing: Researchers crack the secret of ancient Rome’s self-healing concrete
Scientists have long wondered what made the material so durable. Now a new MIT study utilizing microarchaeology and infrared cameras gives insight into Herod’s enduring monuments
By Melanie Lidman
View of a new section of an 1,800-year-old Roman road in northern Israel, published December 1, 2022. (Alex Wigman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 3, 2022, 8:41 pm
‘Highway of ancient world’: Part of an 1,800-year-old Roman road found in Galilee
Antiquities Authority says it was paved during the reign of emperor Hadrian; excavation works also unearth pottery shards, metal vessels and coins
By ToI Staff
The latest discoveries in the ancient city of Pompeii, Saturday, August 6, 2022. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
August 7, 2022, 1:43 pm
Fresh Pompeii discoveries shed light on the city’s lower classes
While excavations in the ancient Roman city tend to focus on the wealthy upper-class, new discoveries reveal details of life for the not-so-rich-and-famous
By Frances D'Emilio
Palestinian boys play in an ancient cemetery reportedly dating back to the Roman-era which was unearthed during construction work in Gaza City on January 31, 2022. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
February 1, 2022, 6:38 am
Gaza bulldozers uncover ancient Roman-era burial site; some antiquities carted off
Reports say locals have been plundering site in recent weeks; archeologists say find likely points to a nearby Roman temple or a Byzantine church
By AP
A heel bone and nail were discovered in Fenstanton, England in 2017. (Courtesy: Albion Archaeology)
December 12, 2021, 1:36 am
Rare evidence of Roman crucifixion unearthed in UK
Experts find skeleton with a nail through its heel bone, in first physical remnant of the excruciating Roman punishment found in northern Europe
By ToI Staff
Ancient Herculaneum is seen on a backdrop of modern Ercolano and Vesuvius (CC BY-SA Qfl247/ Wikimedia Commons)
October 16, 2021, 4:17 am
Newly found skeleton may bring fresh insights on Vesuvius eruption
Remains of a man presumed to be aged 40-45 found under meters of volcanic rock in ancient Roman city of Herculaneum
By AFP
A visitor looks at the underground area inside the Colosseum in Rome on June 25, 2021 (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
June 26, 2021, 4:26 am
Colosseum’s underground labyrinth opened to public for first time
A new pathway offers intimate views of ‘backstage’ area where gladiators and beasts waited, before being released into the arena to meet their fate
By Alexandria SAGE
Statues found during the excavation of the basilica in the Tel Ashkelon National Park. (Yaniv Cohen/ Nature and Parks Authority)
May 31, 2021, 9:09 pm
Ashkelon park renovation to unveil Israel’s largest Roman basilica to public
After years of excavation in Tel Ashkelon National Park, archeologists plan to restore some of the massive marble columns and statues, build 2 kilometers of accessible paths
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this August 12, 2017 photo, James Alex Fields Jr., center left, holds a black shield in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a white supremacist rally took place. Fields was later charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he plowed a car into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalist rally earlier in the day. (Go Nakamura via AP)
March 5, 2021, 8:16 am
Why the US far-right is obsessed — but very wrong — about the Byzantine Empire
White supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts often display medievalist imagery in rallies and riots; what is behind their adoption of the archaic Eastern Roman Empire?
By Roland Betancourt
A view of a chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralized wooden remains, that was found in Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
February 28, 2021, 1:37 am
Ancient Roman chariot unearthed ‘almost intact’ near buried ruins of Pompeii
Archaeologists say discovery of large, ceremonial vehicle has ‘no parallel’; looters digging through site narrowly missed the artifact
By Agencies
A composite image showing the cover of the book "Rebel Daughter," by Lori Kaufmann, and a Late 1st century epitaph for Claudia Aster. (Courtesy Delacorte Press and Museo Archeologico nazionale, Naples)
February 17, 2021, 3:18 pm
Inspired by an ancient tomb, a Jewish love story puts the Roman in bildungsroman
Lori Kaufmann’s debut ‘Rebel Daughter’ brings serious research to a tale of family and survival, from Jerusalem to southern Italy
By Jessica Steinberg
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